Default Stats SA Report Shows No HIV Epidemic In South Africa (Anita Allen article)(diabetes tuberculosis influenza cancer pneumonia)The number of reported deaths from all causes (natural and unnatural) increased 57% from 318 287 in 1997 to...
A clinic-based evaluation of dual HIV/syphilis POCTs (SD Bioline and Chembio) was conducted at five primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in South Africa and Zambia. POCT results using capillary fingerprick blood were compared to reference laboratory syphilis and HIV serological assays. Results Three...
This is the first study to determine the prevalence of HIV, HCV and syphilis and the risk factors among pregnant women with a large sample size in the cross-border region of Guangxi Province, China. Despite the above-mentioned limitations, the prevalence estimated in this long-term consecutive ...
South Africa is reported to have the highest burden of HIV with an estimated 8.2 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) in 2021 [1]. Based on evidence that antiretroviral therapy (ART) started at any stage of HIV disease was beneficial to the individual person, the World Health Organisation ...
The epidemic in South Africa is characterized by high genetic diversity driven by multiple independent introductions. The bulk of these introductions occurred between 1985–2000 during which time HIV prevalence increased exponentially. Epidemic growth ha
Limpopo is mostly rural and is the poorest province in South Africa (StatsSA, 2009). Thulamela District was chosen as it has very limited resources with most of the place being very rural. The study population comprised of nurses working with HIV and AIDS patients within the hospital and at...
A high pro- portion of people newly diagnosed in South Africa are at an advanced stage of HIV infection (defined as a CD4 count < 200 cells/mm3), by which point the immune sys- tem is extremely compromised [3, 4]. Lastly, South Africa recorded 0.7% of TB prevalence for all ...
The sensitivity of cytology and visual inspection among HPW was significantly better than among HNW, as has also been reported by many others [14,15,17,31]. In HPW these tests performed similar or even better than found in other studies from China, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Africa, pos...
Two studies were set in South Africa, Meehan et al. and Tabana et al. [100,104]. In Meehan et al., the study took place in the Cape Metro district, Western Cape Province [100]. The study was carried out in partnership with The Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC) at Stellenbosch University...
We approach our work quite often using the “cascade of care” as a framework within how to assess or valuate where we need to have a more intensive focus on our work in the province. And one of those areas is quite often getting people tested so that they're identified, whether they ...